Question

An article reports " attendance dropped 5% this year, to 1800." what was the attendance before the drop?

Answer 1

Let us take x as the attendance before the drop.

The percentage of drop is 5%.

Thus, we have,

`\begin{gathered} x-x*(5)/(100)=1800 \\ x-0.05x=1800 \\ 0.95x=1800 \\ x=(1800)/(0.95)=1894.73 \end{gathered}`

Thus, the attendance before the drop was 1894.73. or 1895.